ReviewInternational journal of biometeorology2021
Possible molecular and cellular mechanisms at the basis of atmospheric electromagnetic field bioeffects.
Review in International journal of biometeorology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Experimental Prototype of Electromagnetic Emissions for Biotechnological Research: Monitoring Cocoa Bean Fermentation Parameters.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Influence of Schumann Range Electromagnetic Fields on Components of Plant Redox Metabolism in Wheat and Peas.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Immediate Effect of Informational Manual Therapy for Improving Quiet Standing and Bodily Pain in University Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- Atmospheric electricity: an underappreciated meteorological element governing biology and human well-being.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Mechanisms of how electromagnetic (EM) field acts on biological systems are governed by the same physics regardless of the origin of the EM field (technological, atmospheric...), given that EM parameters are the same. We draw from a large body of literature of bioeffects of a man-made electromagnetic field. In this paper, we performed a focused review on selected possible mechanisms of how atmospheric electromagnetic phenomena can act at the molecular and cellular level. We first briefly review the range of frequencies and field strengths for both electric and magnetic fields in the atmosphere. Then, we focused on a concise description of the current knowledge on weak electric and magnetic field bioeffects with possible molecular mechanisms at the basis of possible EM field bioeffects combined with modeling strategies to estimate reliable outcomes and speculate about the biological effects linked to lightning or pyroelectricity. Indeed, we bring pyroelectricity as a natural source of voltage gradients previously unexplored. While very different from lightning, it can result in similar bioeffects based on similar mechanisms, which can lead to close speculations on the importance of these atmospheric electric fields in the evolution.
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